However, I have several "new' hibiscus plants (3 years old) of one variety with peach blossoms which are having a problem blooming. All are in bud but many (not all) of the buds drop off before opening. They are in the same environment as the other hibisci.
Was it all a huge joke … this U and non-U business? Yes and no. John Betjeman assured me that it was. But some jokes have an element of cruelty and a great many sensitive people, particularly women, must have suffered agonies of embarrassment because they were uncertain as to what was 'done,' and what was not.
Old vvom[an]: [O]nce vppon a time his daughter was ſtollen avvay, and hee ſent ſo long, that he ſent all his men out of his Land. / Frol[icke]: VVho dreſt his dinner then?
